NSRI CEO Dr Cleeve Robertson estimates that there are 2000 fatal drownings each year in South Africa. Six hundred of these are children.Many of these drownings are preventable, if only there had been proper prevention initiatives or the right equipment ...
Lodewyk van Rensburg, NSRI Oyster Bay station commander, said:At 13h20, Monday, 13th January, NSRI Oyster Bay duty crew were activated to investigate eye-witness reports, from an NSRI coast watcher, of children launching into the surf with the NSRI Pink Rescue ...
Sea Rescue presented our NSRI Pink Rescue Buoy emergency flotation project at International Lifesaving’s biannual ‘World Conference on Drowning Prevention’ (WCDP) Conference in Durban this week. NSRI’s Drowning Prevention manager Andrew Ingram addressed delegates from around the world explaining where ...
Marc Rodgers, NSRI Plettenberg Bay station commander, said:At 17h41, Monday, 07 October, NSRI Plettenberg Bay duty crew were activated following reports of medical assistance required at Robberg 5 beach for persons involved in a non-fatal drowning incident and reportedly on ...
[embed]https://youtu.be/TtfHhPcIFVs[/embed]Sea Rescue’s Pink Rescue Buoys have been used to provide emergency flotation for 31 people since the project started in November 2017. Off duty lifeguard Djebbe Hiscock,17, was at Dappat se Gat, a notoriously dangerous beach near Gordon's Bay, when ...
JEFFREYS BAY:*Update* A young man has apologised and the Pink Rescue Buoy at Point Beach has been returned. It will be back in place today. Thank you to everyone who has shared and helped spread the word.NSRI are appealing to ...
‘We currently have 463 Pink Buoys at drowning hot spots around the country with 46 lives that have been saved. With generous support from individuals and companies we hope to expand the placement of the Pink Rescue Buoys into many ...
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